A live-action film inspired by the popular tabletop role-playing game tops the DVD releases for the week of May 30.
“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”: The classic geek game gets the big, fun, action-adventure treatment in this medieval romp starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriuez, Regé-Jean Page and Hugh Grant.
“Aside from its clunky title, ‘Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ has a relaxed, loose energy that puts the viewer at ease, especially combined with the throwback appeal of the style that harkens to ’80s fantasy classics like ‘Willow,’ ‘Labyrinth’ and ‘Legend,’” Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh writes. “Yet the tone is decidedly modern, thanks in large part to Pine’s laissez-faire, ironic energy as the lute-playing Edgin, the bard of this tale.”
Also new on DVD
“65”: Adam Driver stars as an astronaut who travels 65 million years into the past, arriving on an Earth still ruled by dinosaurs.
“A Good Person”: Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman star in this opioid drama, the latest from “Garden State” director Zach Braff.
“Inside”: Willem Dafoe stars as an art thief who becomes trapped inside the high-tech luxury penthouse of a wealthy art collector and endures a dystopian survivalist nightmare.
“Assassin”: A former soldier investigates a top-secret military program that claimed the life of his comrade in this thriller, featuring Bruce Willis in one of his final roles.
“Mojave Diamonds”: Action flick about an MMA fighter in a race against time to rescue his kidnapped family after a botched desert diamond deal.
“Thelma & Louise”: Criterion release of Ridley Scott’s 1991 classic featuring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis as two friends on the run after their girls trip takes a wrong turn. Available on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray.
On digital HD
“Hypnotic”: Ben Affleck stars in this thriller as a Texas detective who stumbles into a baffling government mind-control experiment while searching for his missing daughter.
“The Black Demon”: A vacation turns into a nightmare after a family encounters a ferocious prehistoric shark protecting its territory.
